• We seek engineers with strong technical background, great execution, and self-starter mentality
• The ideal candidate loves to jump into the unknown, clarify ambiguities, quickly learn from failures, and break down vague ideas into concrete tasks
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience building reliable scalable platforms
• Proficiency in one of the following languages: Java, Go or C++ with working knowledge of Python, SQL
• Experience building networked and distributed systems
• Experience building concurrent and multi-threaded services
• Delivered solutions to production environments, and provided tools to monitor, support and mitigate any issues
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others

Desirable

• Niantic is seeking a Software Engineer - Server to build the server infrastructure that supports projects such as Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom and Ingress
• You will work on real-time indexing, querying and aggregation problems at massive scales of hundreds of millions of events per day
• These technical challenges pertain to a single, coherent world-wide instance shared by millions of users
• Build and design reliable, high-throughput, low latency and scalable server and networking systems that support Niantic’s developers and products
• Build key components of the platform that developers can incorporate to create rich experiences in their games
• Perform load testing, participate in code reviews, write unit tests, and conduct troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems
• Collaborate with other specialists, product managers, and other departments to ensure code meets internal standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings
• Required in-office 2 days on Wednesday and Thursday